Landing a plane on an aircraft carrier is hard, especially if you're flying the jet aviators have declared the most difficult ...

A landing system known as the MAGIC CARPET has led the Navy to remove carrier landings from the requirements for student pilots. They now learn the skill later in training on combat aircraft. Naval ...

Truman (CVN 75) completed a ten-day underway Sept. 26, qualifying 45 aviators and leading allied and partner ships in a group ...

Landing a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier is borderline surgical. The deck space is tight, typically only about 500 feet long, which is nowhere near enough for a jet going 150 mph to stop by brakes ...

MiG-29 fighter jets, the strike fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy, use the short landing strip of the aircraft carrier, both during the day and at night, to take off and land ...

An F/A-18F Super Hornet uses MAGIC CARPET technology while performing a touch-and-go on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier George Washington on June 24, 2021. The technology reduces the burden on ...

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...